TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT!
I QUIT!! Sweeter words have never been spoken!!
Two days before I was to take off to Las Vegas, I got called into my boss' office. Oh oh, I thought, now what. Seems the boss wanted to give me a lecture about taking so much time off of work lately. Well, like I said before, EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME if my mother had a heart attack, and I had my wallet stolen all in the same week! Well, I could no longer hold back all my frustrations, and we got into it. I told him I would be more than willing to make up my time, as these were circumstances beyond my control. He replied, again, "No this is not the company policy". This was just the last straw. So I threw it back at him, and asked him if he really thought I WOULDN'T take time off for my mother in such a serious situation as a heart attack, even if I was still on probation????!! PUL-LEASE!! He just looked at me with a blank stare..... like it hadn't occurred to him before that this type of dilemma could happen. DUH!! This really struck me as cold hearted, bureaucratic and downright STUPID, since he had just recently experiened his own mother passing away!
Well, I guess I have just been waiting for a moment such as this, and I decided to let the s*it hit the fan.... I let it all hang out and let him know how I felt the company had duped me into this position and put me in great discomfort and pain for making me do tasks that were sooooo not in my job description, that the company demeaned my abilities and skills, that the company was totally out of touch with reality of the present day workplace, and on and on.... I completely Flabbered his Gast, or maybe it was that I Gasted his Flabber!! In any case, he actually started stuttering and seemed not to be able to speak. But I was on a roll now. The words just flowed, and to be honest, I was so proud of myself! I felt EMPOWERED. However, still, way in the back of my mind, I was sitting there in a sweat wondering if I was doing the right thing as I NEEDED to work and have a salary coming in, but I also knew I needed to tend to my mental and physical health and well-being.
In the end, we both agreed that this job was not for me .. (NO KIDDING!)...and we'd call it quits that very day. One thing he was decent about is that he agreed to let me have my benefits for another month, and my accrued vacation pay (which totaled more than $100), so actually, I was thrilled, as it meant that I would now be getting a final check THAT DAY, and not having to wait til the end of the month!! Which also meant, $$$ in my account before I went to Vegas!
I can't even begin to tell you what a huge weight it was off my shoulders to be free of that place!! I almost tripped over my own broken feet trying to get out of there fast enough!! But, just like all their other red tape, I had to go back to human resources first to 'talk' with Ms. Personnel Lady, wait for them to cut a check, yada yada. All of this took 2 hours, and again, it had me trekking back and forth from one building to another! So right up to the end, they made me struggle just to get outta there!
Surprisingly, had a very pleasant chat with the Personnel Lady, and I say surprisingly, because I thought she'd come down on me. But it seems she realized that my goofy boss was just that....... GOOFY! She actually apologized to ME for the disappointment, so that left me feeling I had done the right thing in the end. After she handed me my check, I then had to trot, again, back over to my boss's office in the other building to have him sign off on it!
Finally, you won't believe how I said goodbye to him, as I can hardly believe this myself! .... I got up, said "Well, Ta Ta!", and I BLEW HIM A KISS!!! It wasn't so much as a loving kiss, but more like a kiss-off! I couldn't believe I did that! And boy, then my little crooked feet went into high gear to get the hell outta that building!! WHAT A RELIEF! Now, I could put the check in the bank and go to Las Vegas with a clear mind!
Went home and celebrated that night with a glass or two of my favorite, Ballatore, and slept like a log that night, knowing I'd never have to enter that god-awful building again or cut and paste any more asinine numbers ever again!
Two days before I was to take off to Las Vegas, I got called into my boss' office. Oh oh, I thought, now what. Seems the boss wanted to give me a lecture about taking so much time off of work lately. Well, like I said before, EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME if my mother had a heart attack, and I had my wallet stolen all in the same week! Well, I could no longer hold back all my frustrations, and we got into it. I told him I would be more than willing to make up my time, as these were circumstances beyond my control. He replied, again, "No this is not the company policy". This was just the last straw. So I threw it back at him, and asked him if he really thought I WOULDN'T take time off for my mother in such a serious situation as a heart attack, even if I was still on probation????!! PUL-LEASE!! He just looked at me with a blank stare..... like it hadn't occurred to him before that this type of dilemma could happen. DUH!! This really struck me as cold hearted, bureaucratic and downright STUPID, since he had just recently experiened his own mother passing away!
Well, I guess I have just been waiting for a moment such as this, and I decided to let the s*it hit the fan.... I let it all hang out and let him know how I felt the company had duped me into this position and put me in great discomfort and pain for making me do tasks that were sooooo not in my job description, that the company demeaned my abilities and skills, that the company was totally out of touch with reality of the present day workplace, and on and on.... I completely Flabbered his Gast, or maybe it was that I Gasted his Flabber!! In any case, he actually started stuttering and seemed not to be able to speak. But I was on a roll now. The words just flowed, and to be honest, I was so proud of myself! I felt EMPOWERED. However, still, way in the back of my mind, I was sitting there in a sweat wondering if I was doing the right thing as I NEEDED to work and have a salary coming in, but I also knew I needed to tend to my mental and physical health and well-being.
In the end, we both agreed that this job was not for me .. (NO KIDDING!)...and we'd call it quits that very day. One thing he was decent about is that he agreed to let me have my benefits for another month, and my accrued vacation pay (which totaled more than $100), so actually, I was thrilled, as it meant that I would now be getting a final check THAT DAY, and not having to wait til the end of the month!! Which also meant, $$$ in my account before I went to Vegas!
I can't even begin to tell you what a huge weight it was off my shoulders to be free of that place!! I almost tripped over my own broken feet trying to get out of there fast enough!! But, just like all their other red tape, I had to go back to human resources first to 'talk' with Ms. Personnel Lady, wait for them to cut a check, yada yada. All of this took 2 hours, and again, it had me trekking back and forth from one building to another! So right up to the end, they made me struggle just to get outta there!
Surprisingly, had a very pleasant chat with the Personnel Lady, and I say surprisingly, because I thought she'd come down on me. But it seems she realized that my goofy boss was just that....... GOOFY! She actually apologized to ME for the disappointment, so that left me feeling I had done the right thing in the end. After she handed me my check, I then had to trot, again, back over to my boss's office in the other building to have him sign off on it!
Finally, you won't believe how I said goodbye to him, as I can hardly believe this myself! .... I got up, said "Well, Ta Ta!", and I BLEW HIM A KISS!!! It wasn't so much as a loving kiss, but more like a kiss-off! I couldn't believe I did that! And boy, then my little crooked feet went into high gear to get the hell outta that building!! WHAT A RELIEF! Now, I could put the check in the bank and go to Las Vegas with a clear mind!
Went home and celebrated that night with a glass or two of my favorite, Ballatore, and slept like a log that night, knowing I'd never have to enter that god-awful building again or cut and paste any more asinine numbers ever again!
posted by LADYGOLD at 9:22 AM
